Advisory Board

The STEPS Centre is overseen by an International Advisory Committee of globally renowned academics, policymakers, business and media professionals, chaired by Professor Judi Wakhungu, executive director of the African Centre for Technology Studies in Kenya.

The Committee has a key role in helping steer the Centre to ensure that it meets its ambitious goals in the areas of research, policy influence and training and responds to the concerns of its stakeholders. It advises on overall strategy and on specific areas such as communication and dissemination, activities and funding and budget.

Chair: Professor Judi Wakhungu
Executive Director, African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya
Prof. Wakhungu video Watch Prof. Wakhungu's STEPS launch video

Professor Louk de la Rive Box
Rector, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands

David Dickson
Director, SciDev.Net

Christine Drury
Former Unilever NGO and Consumer Affairs Manager

Professor Mohammed Hassan
President, African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
Mohamed Hassan video Watch Prof. Hassan's AAAS 2007 lecture

Professor Katherine Homewood
Head of Department of Anthropology, University College London

Professor Sheila Jasanoff
Pforzheimer Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of Harvard

Dr Tony Marjoram
Programme Specialist responsible for Engineering, UNESCO

Ms Sunita Narain
Director, Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi, India

Dr Banji Oleyaran Oyeyinka
Director, Monitoring and Research Division, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Nairobi

Dr Andrew Scott
Director of Policy and Programmes, Practical Action

Professor Shiv Visvanathan
Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, India

Dr Joachim Voss
Director General, International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Columbia

Dr Jimmy Whitworth
Head of International Programmes, the Wellcome Trust

Professor Brian Wynne
Professor of Science Studies and co-director, CESAGEN, University of Lancaster

 

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